‘Conboy (3/22/1982, 6’2”, 210 lbs.) appeared in 37 games with the Albany River Rats (AHL)last season, collecting three assists and 87 penalty minutes. Conboy also appeared in 12 games with the Carolina Hurricanes last season, collecting 34 penalty minutes. Overall, the Farmington, Minnesota native appeared in 59 career NHL games with the Carolina Hurricanes, picking up six assists and 121 penalty minutes. In 342 career AHL games, Conboy has collected 58 points (16+42) and 826 penalty minutes.’

“It’s going to be a little, ‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,’” Butler said. “I’ve got no one to blame but myself for the way I was playing. I’m not going to sit around, point fingers at anyone else but myself. I’m frustrated and disappointed with the way things ended, but I’m motivated at the same time to try to improve and come back ever stronger.”

"I haven’t gotten any feedback with that," Myers said last week at the Sabres’ summer development camp in nearby Lewiston. "Whoever I’m matched up with, I’m looking forward to seeing who it is. Everybody on the back end is a good player. I don’t really have any preference."

‘Whitmore (12/17/1984, 5’11”, 185 lbs.) collected 34 points (18+16) in 78 games last season for the Portland Pirates (AHL). In 163 AHL career games with Portland and Rochester, Whitmore has amassed 57 points on 30 goals and 27 assists.’

‘"I thought it was a great camp,” Ruff said. “Obviously you can see the progress made from the players that have been here a year or a couple years. It gives our players, our draft picks from this year, a good reference point to see how much stronger they get.”’

‘Many fans are wondering why Niedermayer? Besides the leadership and experience, he brings 10 goals from last season with New Jersey, the ability to take faceoffs and the ability to kill penalties. Now if he could only convince his brother to come out of retirement and demand a trade to Buffalo.’

‘"We’ve seen in years past, when we get concerned about losing players, that all of a sudden somebody steps in and gets a greater opportunity and does a good job for us," Ruff said at Niagara University. "You always miss players you lose, but you’ve got other players who step in and surprise you. They get a bigger role. They feel more important."’

‘“There’s a lot of things I still have to learn. If I have to play there next year I’m going to go down and do my best,” said Enroth, who was injured late in the season last year and couldn’t help the Pirates in the playoffs. “We had a really good team down there and I think we could’ve had a really good chance to go deep. But it is what it is. I’m trying to focus on the things I can and do my job.”’